martial art

English - Turkish

Definition of martial art in English Turkish dictionary

savaş sanatı

Hiçbir savaş sanatını bilmem. - I don't know any martial arts.

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martial arts

savaş sanatları

martial arts

(Spor) Dövüş sanatları

Onun dövüş sanatları kahramanlığı zaten yüce mükemmellik seviyesine ulaştı. - His martial arts prowess has already reached a level of sublime perfection.

Öğretmenimiz dövüş sanatları uzmanıdır. - Our teacher is a martial arts expert.

martial arts

(Spor) Dövüş sporları

English - English

Definition of martial art in English English dictionary

military skills, proficiency in military strategy, prowess in warfare

Commonly, any of several fighting styles which contain systematised methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practised as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, Silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai

art of fighting, art of combat

any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport; "he had a black belt in the martial arts

A martial art is one of the methods of fighting, often without weapons, that come from the Far East, for example kung fu, karate, or judo. Any of several Asian arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport. Often used in the plural. a sport such as judo or karate, in which you fight with your hands and feet. Martial arts were developed in Eastern Asia. Any of several arts of combat and self-defense that are widely practiced as sport. There are armed and unarmed varieties, most based on traditional fighting methods used in East Asia. In modern times, derivatives of armed martial arts include kendo (fencing with wooden swords) and kyudo (archery). Unarmed varieties include aikido, judo, karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do. Because of the influence of Taoism and Zen Buddhism, there is a strong emphasis in all the martial arts on the practitioner's mental and spiritual state. A hierarchy of expertise, ranging from the novice ("white belt") to the master ("black belt"), is usually recognized. See also t'ai chi ch'uan; jujitsu

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martial arts

plural form of martial art

martial arts

methods of hand-to-hand combat using weapons and the bare hands (i.e. Ninjitsu)

martial arts

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Hyphenation

mar·tial art

Turkish pronunciation

märşıl ärt

Synonyms

aikido, judo, jujitsu, karate, kendo, kick boxing, kung fu, sumo wrestling, tae kwon do, wrestling

Pronunciation

/ˈmärsʜəl ˈärt/ /ˈmɑːrʃəl ˈɑːrt/

Etymology

() Collocation of martial + art, coined in 1933 as a loan translation of Japanese bujutsu. But already in Pope's Iliad (1715, 4.360), and in Sotheby's Iliad (1831, book 6).